The problem
with men’s fashion is that most men view clothes practically rather than
aesthetically. Example: winter is coming therefore I will buy a warm coat.
Style gets thrown to the wayside.

Boat shoes
get abused all too often and that means they need to be dressed properly and
handled with some common sense. First, don’t just wear them with anything; wear
them with garments that compliment their “boating” nature. If a person who owns
a boat docks and gets out to go to dinner they might wear a sport coat and nice
slacks or at the very least nice shorts.Caring for
them is just like any other shoe. Brush your suede, treat your oil-tanned
leathers and polish top calf. Treat your boat shoes right and you’ll look like
a million bucks!

Dress Boots
are easy to abuse because they can be worn the wrong way. Make sure your Dress
Boots are worn like dress shoes that are hiding the high ankle. When you sit
down at a meeting everyone will notice that you have boots on and you’ll enjoy
the compliments.

Also, don’t
go for boots that have crazy designs on the ankle because the ankle is rarely
seen and should not be “on display.” Take them from the office, to dinner, to a
night on the town just like you would your dress shoes. Polish them just like
your dress shoes (all the way up the ankle) and your shoes will stand fast for
years.

You standard lace-ups are easy to wear if you put some thought into
them. Wear them with your suits and business attire, but also choose the right
color to go with the clothes you’ll change into for dinner. Black goes with
everything except brown. Brown goes with everything except black, and Burgundy (Cordovan) goes
with everything (including black.) Keep the right color palette in mind and the
right polish on your shoes and they will shine for you in the conference room
and on a hot date.

Patent
Leather, since its discovery in 1818, has maintained its status as one of the
classiest shoes on and off of the formal floor.

Making sure
you wear your patent leathers outside the formal affair with confidence is key
to the success of your shoe wardrobe. Pair them with your favorite jeans and
sport coat so you can hit the town or the conference room with your
best-patterned power suit and let your patent leathers truly shine.

Caring for
your patent leathers is simple: yes, they can get wet; stay away from heavy
lifting to avoid creases – shoe trees are must for in-the-box care; make sure
you only use the blackest of black shoe polishes and your best polishing cloth
to keep them happy and shiny.

Penny loafers are a highly misunderstood shoe
because everyone thinks of them as preppy when they aren’t. Preppy people just
wear them badly. Keep the profile of your Penny Loafers lean like your dress shoes
and wear them with the same things you might pair dress shoes with: suits,
khakis, denim. Do not wear them without socks or with shorts, those are
no-no’s. Don’t forget that if you go for more casual colors the rules still
apply. Shine them with care around the “penny” so you don’t mess up the
contrast of the inside and the outside of the hole.

Work boots
are the most durable of the shoe industry. Be certain that when you are looking
for boots to work in you get the steel-toed variety. Some guys mistake hiking boots
for work boots and vice versa. If you’re hiking in a work boot the stitching
may rub your foot the wrong way, and if you’re working in a hiking boot and
there’s not steel toe, well, you get the idea.

Make sure
you care for your boots just like any other shoe by brushing suedes, polishing
top calf leathers, and treating oil-tanned leathers. This will keep your shoes
happy and healthy for years to come.